We bring you a list of 17 alternatives to ChatGPT, a series of artificial intelligence chatbots that you can chat with to ask them all kinds of questions or ask them to do whatever you want. Because ChatGPT is the most popular chatbot, but it is certainly not the only one.
We’ve tried to keep most of these AI-based conversational bots generic, just like ChatGPT, although we couldn’t avoid the temptation to throw in a few that are more specific to particular tasks. Even if you’re a cat lover you’ll get one last surprise at the end.
These are the AIs that we have compiled, and we consider the most important ones. But as we always say in this kind of articles, if you think we have left out any important ones we invite you to say your suggestion in the comments section. This way, all readers can benefit from the knowledge of our community of xatakeros.
Bing Chat
This list can only start with Bing Chat, which is the artificial intelligence created by Microsoft based on GPT-4. In essence, what you have is a free version of ChatGPT Plus for which you only need a Microsoft account. In addition, it is connected to the Internet, so you can ask it queries for which it is necessary to connect.
The answers are usually not as extensive as those of ChatGPT, although its results are more up to date. In addition, you have DALL-E 3 in Bing Chat, which means that you can also ask it to draw pictures for you. All this completely free of charge.
Google Bard
The search engine company also has its own artificial intelligence chat, based on the LaMDA model designed by themselves. Google Bard has a different engine but it is very similar to ChatGPT in functions, and it is always connected to the Internet like Bing Chat, although it differs in that it cannot create images.
But you will be able to generate all kinds of textual content and chat with it. In addition, it has particular options such as sharing an answer by generating a link to it. You also have options to modify it, with buttons to make it shorter, longer, simpler, professional or informal.
LLaMA 2
LLaMA is the conversational artificial intelligence created by Meta, the company to which Facebook and Instagram belong, and LLaMA 2 is its latest version. It is open source and you can download it to your computer to use it locally, but there are also different pages that allow you to test it online, such as Hugging Face.
This model stands out because it improves the way of reasoning your answers and interacting with the user. It does not offer the possibility of connecting to the Internet, so its knowledge will be available until March 2023. But its main problem is that it is still in the development phase and does not have an official website, so you have to make do with those created by third parties.
LuzIA
LuzIA is an artificial intelligence chatbot created to be used in WhatsApp, so you can have chats with it. You can send it written texts or voice notes with your prompts, and in addition to written answers you can also ask it to draw things, and it can even transcribe audios.
Although it is not the only one, it is one of the first and best artificial intelligence bots for messaging applications, and it has also been ported to Telegram if you prefer this app. All in all, you will be able to use this AI on both mobile and desktop versions of these two messaging apps.
POE
Poe is not an alternative to ChatGPT, but offers several alternatives in one. It is an artificial intelligence system from Quora, which gives you access to multiple AI languages, from GPT-4 to many lesser-known ones. All you will need to do is register on their website.
Once registered, you will go to a screen where you have different bots available, each of them being a different AI. Some are official, and others are creations of other users to adapt the artificial intelligence to specific needs.
YouChat
This is a conversational chat based on ChatGPT, with the option of being able to use GPT-4 in exchange for a subscription. It is created by the search engine You.com, which has been transformed to use it by default, so it is more like a conversational search engine with artificial intelligence connected to the Internet.
It has quite a few similarities with Bing Chat, as it adds the sources you have used in the results. In addition, this chat learns from its interactions with you to improve results, and can integrate with applications and services, such as Reddit and Wikipedia, to personalize responses.
AnonChatGPT
It is a model based on GPT-3, a slightly outdated version, since the current ChatGPT uses GPT-3.5. However, what it offers is to be able to use ChatGPT without any account or anything like that, making everything quite anonymous.
The idea is very good, although it is an ad-supported site, and shares with ChatGPT the disadvantage of not being connected to the Internet. Also, you can only have one conversation, and the ones you did in the past are not saved in any history. Also, it does not seem to be as accurate as others.
Perplexity AI
This is another artificial intelligence chatbot connected to the Internet, so you can ask it both general queries and others related to more topical issues. When it generates an answer based on Internet content, it will also show you the link to the sources it has used.
The biggest advantage of this AI is that it does not require you to register to use it, and like ChatGPT it also works with OpenAI technology. However, if you want to use more advanced models such as GPT-4 you will have to register and use a paid account.
Character AI
This is a site where you can create chatbots using AI, and interact with those created by other users. The idea is to allow you to create characters so that later, when you interact with them, the AI responds with a particular personality.
Therefore, it allows you to create a customized alternative to ChatGPT, although here you are not so much looking for good answers as the entertainment of the different characters that can be created. In its library you will find from AIs based on real people created by the community to more fanciful ones.
Aria
Opera Aria is an artificial intelligence chat integrated directly into the Opera browser. It is based on OpenAI’s GPT technology, and is available in both the desktop and Android versions. As for its functions, you’ll be able to ask queries, ask it to explain things to you, and pretty much everything you can also do with ChatGPT.
GPT4All
GPT4All literally means GPT for everyone, and it is a program that you can download on any Windows, GNU/Linux and macOS computer in order to have a local GPT model. In fact, you can download different models with different behaviors and response types.
All this being an open source project and totally free. First you install the program, and then you choose which model you want to download. Once you do that, that’s it, you can have your own ChatGPT on your computer.
Socratic
This is an alternative to ChatGPT specifically trained to help students learn and do homework in the main subjects, from physics and chemistry to literature or poetry. It uses Google image recognition to be able to point to a mathematical formula and identify it, then help you with the answer.
In this case, the AI does not have a web version, but you will have to use it directly through your cell phone by installing one of its official applications. Socratic includes most of the subjects of secondary and high school.
Chatsonic
Chatsonic is another specialized AI, in this case it has been created to create journalistic, marketing or research content, as well as other professional areas such as customer service. You must register to use it, and although it is a paid service, you will be able to try it for free.
Despite its professional orientation, you will also be able to ask more generic questions. It also has options such as dictating your prompts by voice or generating images using artificial intelligence.
Jasper Chat
It is an artificial intelligence chat created to help content creators and professionals. It has a free trial, but then you will have to subscribe and pay if you want specific features such as creating content with its SEO mode or having a higher character limit.
Otherwise, it specializes in creating texts, and to do so, you first have to choose the type you want to create, and it will make its suggestions. You can also put a text you have written and translate it, or make modifications taking into account your way of writing. It can even create images with the ideas you have given it.
StableLM
It is an open source alternative to ChagGPT, and comes from Stability AI, the startup responsible for the Stable Diffusion AI to generate images. It is a new language model trained in a very different way to GPT, and is currently under development.
As it is still in the development phase, its responses are not yet up to the level of the competition, and it makes up quite a lot of things. However, it is only a first step that will interest Open Source lovers, since its code is available in full on its GitHub profile. To test it, you need to access through Hugging Face, click on Deploy and give the option to launch it in Spaces.
Claude
Claude is one of ChatGPT’s main competitors, and is always being updated to outperform GPT with each new generation. Above all, what it tends to outperform GPT the most is the tokens, the amount of text it can generate, although that doesn’t mean it’s better at everything, and in our tests we found it to be quite cautious and formal.
This chatbot shares some limitations with ChatGPT, such as not being connected and not being able to tell us data such as date or time. Its biggest advantage is the length of the texts it accepts, and its disadvantage is that it still requires an invitation to test it. However, you can try it within Poe whenever you want and for free in its first version.
CatGPT
And we finish with CatGPT, which is not a typo but a real chatbot. It is based on the same model as ChatGPT, but it has been trained to make you look like you are talking to a cat instead of a person when interacting with the AI.
It can respond with meows, purrs and cat GIFs. No, it’s not going to help you do your homework, but it’s sure to get a laugh or two out of you.